Sunderland 0-1 Fulham (2013-14 Premier League)

Sat 17 Aug 2013 15:00	Sunderland	(0) 0-1 (0)	Fulham	Stadium of Light, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Attendance: 43,905 Referee: Neil Swarbrick
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SUNDERLAND (4-4-1-1) GK 20 Kieren Westwood DR 12 Ondřej Čelůstka 86' DC 29 Valentin Roberge DC 16 John O'Shea (c) DL 14 Jack Colback MR 23 Emanuele Giaccherini MC 7 Sebastian Larsson MC 6 Cabral ML 11 Adam Johnson SS 28 Stéphane Sessègnon 72' ST 17 Jozy Altidore Substitutes: GK 25 Vito Mannone DF 21 Modibo Diakité DF 24 Carlos Cuéllar MF 19 David Moberg Karlsson MF 22 El-Hadji Ba FW 10 Connor Wickham 86' FW 27 Ji Dong-Won 72' Manager: Paolo Di Canio

FULHAM (4-2-3-1) GK 1 Maarten Stekelenburg 76' DR 27 Sascha Riether DC 18 Aaron Hughes DC 5 Brede Hangeland (c) DL 15 Kieran Richardson 20' DM 7 Steve Sidwell DM 23 Derek Boateng 23' 65' AMR 16 Damien Duff 90+3' AMC 8 Pajtim Kasami AML 19 Adel Taarabt ST 9 Dimitar Berbatov 85' Substitutes: GK 13 David Stockdale 76' DF 4 Philippe Senderos DF 17 Matthew Briggs 20' MF 10 Bryan Ruiz MF 14 Giorgos Karagounis 65' FW 20 Hugo Rodallega FW 39 Darren Bent Manager: Martin Jol

Assistant referees: Jake Collin Derek Eaton Fourth official: David Coote Previous Meeting: Sunderland 2-2 Fulham (2012-13 Premier League) (2 Mar 2013) Following Meeting: Fulham 1-4 Sunderland (2013-14 Premier League) (11 Jan 2014) Trivia Derek Boateng, Maarten Stekelenburg & Adel Taarabt make their Fulham debuts Pajtim Kasami makes his first League start in nearly two years and marks it with his first goal for the club Sunderland's starting XI consisted of 5 debutants Statistics Sunderland Fulham Possession 58% 42% Shots on target 3 1 Shots off target 11 0 Shots blocked 7 4 Corner kicks 6 1 Fouls conceded 15 14 Offsides 3 0 Yellow cards 0 3 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 460 326 Passing success 84% 78% Tackles 24 13 Tackles success 71% 69% Total crosses 28 8 Successful crosses 14% 13% Interceptions 5 8 Images 0-1: Somewhat against the run of play, Pajtim Kasami powers home a header from a corner at the far post to give Fulham the lead just after the interval 2013-14 season Pre-season: Cartaginés (n) • Alajuelense (n) • Saprissa (n) • Werder Bremen (a) • Real Betis (h) • AEL Limassol (h) • Parma (h) Premier League: Sunderland (a) • Arsenal (h) • Newcastle (a) • West Brom (h) • Chelsea (a) • Cardiff (h) • Stoke (h) • Crystal Palace (a) • Southampton (a) • Man Utd (h) • Liverpool (a) • Swansea (h) • West Ham (a) • Tottenham (h) • Aston Villa (h) • Everton (a) • Man City (h) • Norwich (a) • Hull (a) • West Ham (h) • Sunderland (h) • Arsenal (a) • Swansea (a) • Southampton (h) • Man Utd (a) • Liverpool (h) • West Brom (a) • Chelsea (h) • Cardiff (a) • Newcastle (h) • Man City (a) • Everton (h) • Aston Villa (a) • Norwich (h) • Tottenham (a) • Hull (h) • Stoke (a) • Crystal Palace (h) FA Cup: 3rd round: Norwich (a) • Replay: Norwich (h) • 4th round: Sheff Utd (a) • Replay: Sheff Utd (h) League Cup: 2nd round: Burton (a) • 3rd round: Everton (h) • 4th round: Leicester (a)